I was listening to a satellite radio talk show this morning on the drive into work. People were calling in about what they (baby boomers) remembered most growing up. I had tears in my eyes from some of the things people were calling in with. It's amazing the similarities no matter what part of the country they grew up in. Here's a few of mine:
Being home by the time the streetlights came on
Playing in the apricot orchards
Picking bouquets of mustard flowers for Mom
Riding bikes with playing cards rubbing the spokes, attached with a clothespin
Fizzies
Kool aide popsicles
Sitting in from of the TV with a mixing bowl of cereal watching cartoons on Saturday
Captain Kangaroo
The Mickey Mouse Club
“Combat” (with Vic Morrow)
Leave it to Beaver
Sunday drives
Family dinners at Nanny & Pop-Pop’s
Penny candy
Double features at the movies
Drive-ins
Red light, Green light, Hide n Seek, Simon Says
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Swanson’s chicken pot pies
Hillbilly bread
TV dinners
Summer road trips
The County Fair
Lemon aide stands
Slurpees
Pet turtles
The Kid’s Table
Root beer floats
Playing Army men
Cowboys & Indians
Home movies
Going to bed when it was still light outside
The Ice Cream man
Doughboy swimming pools
Spaghetti night!
The Woolworth’s lunch counter
Gordo, Able, Miss Baker, Sam, Miss Sam, Goliath & Scatback
New shoes for the first day of school
1 comment:
You brought back happy memories. I grew up with Howdy Doody, Roy Rogers, Mr. Rogers, amd Hop-a-long Cassidy o yes, and the Lone Ranger.
I think that's where my love of horses came in.
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